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Wool pots win inventions award 

NAMED as the first female winner of the Robert F. Stewart Best Innovation award, Aussie Wool Pellet owner, Sherri Symons came up with the idea of using wool as a plant pot, giving it the name, Planket Pot. Photo: MARK RABICH.
Mark Rabich

AFTER the success of using wool in pellet form as a garden fertiliser and pest controller to launch her business, Sherri Symons started putting her mind to other potential uses for low-grade wool 18 months ago and came up with an idea that scooped her the Robert F.Stewart Best Innovation award at Sheepvention this year.

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